8-bit Bookmobile, A New Retroprogramming Podcast

Not too long ago, I decided that I wanted to finally “get serious” with 8-bit programming. I love podcasts, so I went looking for a retrocomputing podcast that focused on programming. Other than the short run of Next Without For, I couldn’t find anything out there. OK, it may be that my Google skills just aren’t that good, I don’t know – regardless, I decided that maybe this is where I could finally give back to the retro community. So I talked to a couple of my friends who were willing to join me, and together we created the 8-bit Bookmobile!

This is a regular (weekly?) podcast that works like a virtual book club. Each “season” we will pick out an old (preferably 8-bit, I mean it’s in the name of the podcast and everything) programming book and read it together. During each episode of the podcast we cover what we read, our experiences using the hardware, and whatever nostalgia that gets dredged up. Read along with us, or just sit back and shake your head at how much we don’t know.

In the first season we cover the iconic Commodore 64 Programmer’s Reference Guide. If you’d like to read along, the first episode requires no reading – we just introduce the book and talk about our earliest memories of computing.